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Murray¹

  • /ˈmʌɹi/ Australia, UK, US
  • /ˈmɝ.i/
  • /ˈmʊɹi/ Northern England
  • /ˈmʌɾe/ Scotland
  • /-ɾɪ/ Scotland
  • /-ɾi/ Scotland

Sounds like Moray, murrey, (merry–Murray merger) merry · Rhymes with -ʌɹi

Where it comes from

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”).

proper noun Murrays

  1. countable, uncountable A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname. Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do
  3. countable, uncountable A major river in south-eastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean, through New South Wales and Victoria, where it forms the border for hundreds of miles, to the sea through South Australia; in full, the Murray River. Named after Sir George Murray.
  4. countable, uncountable A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  5. countable, uncountable A local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
  6. countable, uncountable A river in Western Australia (as above).
  7. countable, uncountable A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
  8. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
  11. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
  12. countable, uncountable A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
  13. countable, uncountable A town in Orleans County, New York.
  14. countable, uncountable A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah.

murray²

noun murrays

  1. alternative, obsolete Alternative form of moray

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: murray river, louis, mary, goulburn, mori, murree, tye, lodgepole, croft, moray, smith, erskine, futterman, burgundy, claret, wine-red

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name river in Australia

한국어머레이 강
日本語マレー川 Marē-gawa
中文墨累河 Mòlèi hé
हिन्दीमरी marī
ItalianoMurray
РусскийМу́ррей Múrrej, Ма́рри Márri
العربيةمُورَاي murāy

name a male given name

हिन्दीमरी marī

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@misc{murray_2026,
  title = {murray},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murray},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}